Mexican Challenge (Official, November 2020)

[flavo5000]

31. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
32. Sueño en otro idioma a.k.a. I Dream In Another Language (2017)
33. Hotel Colonial (1987)

Spoiler

1. Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino a.k.a. Doctor of Doom (1963)
2. Santo contra los zombies a.k.a. Santo vs the Zombies (1962)
3. Las luchadoras contra la momia a.k.a. Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy (1963)
4. Cilantro y perejil (1998)
5. No se aceptan devoluciones a.k.a. Instructions Not Included (2013)
6. The Bees (1978)
7. Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)
8. Atroz (Atrocious) (2015)
9. La barraca (1945)
10. El pecado de Adán y Eva a.k.a. Sin of Adam & Eve (1969)
11. Museo del horror (1964)
12. The Black Scorpion (1957)
13. El libro de piedra a.k.a. The Book of Stone (1969)
14. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
15. Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro a.k.a. Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)
16. Dos abrazos (2007)
17. La momia azteca contra el robot humano a.k.a. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
18. Perdita Durango a.k.a. Dance of the Devil (1997)
19. Brijes 3D a.k.a. Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
20. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
21. Más negro que la noche a.k.a. Darker Than The Night (1975)
22. Ando volando bajo (1959)
23. Cyclone (1978)
24. Come Out and Play (2012)
25. Nazarín (1959)
26. Fear Chamber (1968)
27.Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs the Monsters (1962)
28. Japón (2002)
29. Herencia diabólica (1994)
30. Como agua para chocolate a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
31. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
32. Sueño en otro idioma a.k.a. I Dream In Another Language (2017)
33. Hotel Colonial (1987)

[AB537]

2. Canoa (Felipe Cazals, 1976) 7.5/10 ... nice when Criterion draws attention to hidden gems, a pleasant surprise that they have this one when there isn't much from Mexico in their catalogue

[weirdboy]

los peliculas locas

1. El infierno (2010) - Luis Estrada

2. Museo AKA Museum (2018) - Alonso Ruizpalacios

[jeroeno]

42. Quebranto (Roberto Fiesco, 2013) ***
43. Vuelven (Issa López, 2017) ****

Spoiler

01. Pueblerina (Emilio Fernández, 1949) ***1/2
02. El camino de la vida (Alfonso Corona Blake, 1956) ****
03. Ya no estoy aqui (Fernando Frias, 2019) ***1/2
04. Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) ***1/2
05. La noche avanza (Roberto Gavaldón, 1952) ****
06. La diosa arrodillada (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947) ***1/2
07. Aventurera (Alberto Gout, 1950) ***
08. Titixe (Tania Hernandez Velasco, 2018) ***1/2
09. Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (Yulene Olaizola, 2008) ***
10. Calabacitas tiernas (Gilberto Martínez Solares, 1949) ***
11. La Libertad del Diablo (Everardo González, 2017) ***1/2
12. El esqueleto de la señora Morales (Rogelio A. González, 1960) ****
13. La región salvaje (Amat Escalante, 2016) **** 1/2
14. Santa Teresa Y Otras Historias (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, 2015) ***
15. Distinto amanecer (Julio Bracho, 1943) ***
16. Las niñas bien (Alejandra Marquez Abella, 2018) **1/2
17. Danzón (María Novaro, 1991) ***
18. Viento negro (Servando González, 1965) ****
19. La puerta y la mujer del carnicero ( Ismael Rodríguez, Luis Alcoriza, 1969) ***1/2
20. Carmín Tropical (Rigoberto Pérezcano, 2014) **1/2
21. Club sándwich (Fernando Eimbcke, 2013) ***1/2
22. Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo, 2016) ***
23. Dos tipos de cuidado (Ismael Rodríguez, 1953) ***
24. La camarista (Lila Avilés, 2018) ***1/2
25. Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1985) **
26. Los insólitos peces gato (Claudia Sainte-Luce, 2013) ***1/2
27. El Grito (Leobardo López Aretche, 1968) ***1/2
28. Cabeza de Vaca (Nicolás Echevarría, 1990) ****
29. Matinée (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1977) ***1/2
30. Cascabel (Raúl Araiza, 1977) ***1/2
31. Rosauro Castro (Roberto Gavaldón, 1950) ***1/2
32. Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor (Julián Hernández, 2003) *
33. La otra (Roberto Gavaldón, 1946) ***1/2
34. La Maldad (Joshua Gil, 2015) ***
35. En el hoyo (Juan Carlos Rulfo, 2006) ***
36. Ladrón de cadáveres (Fernando Méndez, 1957) **1/2
37. Víctimas del pecado (Emilio Fernández, 1951) ***1/2
38. Profundo carmesí (Arturo Ripstein, 1996) ***
39. Abel (Diego Luna, 2010) **
40. Un Buñuel mexican (Emilio Maillé, 1997) ***1/2
41. La mujer de mi hermano (Ricardo de Montreuil, 2005) **
42. Quebranto (Roberto Fiesco, 2013) ***
43. Vuelven (Issa López, 2017) ****

[Traveller]

40. The Other One (1946) - 7/10
41. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) - 6/10

[cinephage]

05. El espejo de la bruja, by Chano Urueta (1962) 6/10

A sort of mix of Les yeux sans visages, the hands of Orlac, Frankenstein and probably a few more... Not many surprises, not really well directed, but the movie is short, quick-paced, and entertaining.

Mexican tales (04)

01. El Infierno, by Luis Estrada (2010) 8/10
02. El hombre y el monstruo, by Rafael Baledón (1959) 7,5/10
03. El bruto, by Luis Bunuel (1953) 7/10
04. Así es la vida... by Arturo Ripstein (2000) 4/10

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)

21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)



Based on the Jonestown massacre but with character names changed, this Mexican feature attempts to recount the events leading up to the tragedy. It is a curious slice of history, but the treatment is uneven; there is no gradual descent into madness as the Reverend is delusional from the get-go. We also never get to the heart of what attracted his followers. What the film gets right though is the mass suicide. It is a devastating and haunting scene.

[zuma]

21 - Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) 7/10

22 - I Dream in Another Language/Sueño en otro idioma (Ernesto Contreras, 2017) 5/10

23 - The Prize/El premio (Paula Markovitch, 2011) 5/10


Those last couple sapped my interest in continuing with this challenge I have been looking longingly at the ICMFF list and my backlog.

Anyway, I will give myself a few days to recharge and get back into it with at least the remaining Ripstein I have on hand and three from Nicolás Pereda.

Watched Mexican films

01 - The Chambermaid/La camarista (Lila Avilés, 2018) 7.5/10
02 - The Golden Dream/La jaula de oro (Diego Quemada-Diez, 2013) 7/10
03 - The Crime of Father Amaro/El crimen del Padre Amaro (Carlos Carrera, 2002) 6.5/10
04 - Leap Year/Año bisiesto (Michael Rowe, 2010) 7/10
05 - Time to Die/Tiempo de morir (Arturo Ripstein, 1966) 8/10
06 - The Castle of Purity/El castillo de la pureza (Arturo Ripstein, 1973) 7.5/10
07 - Salón México (Emilio Fernández, 1949) 6.5/10
08 - The Good Girls/Las niñas bien (Alejandra Marquez Abella, 2018) 7.5/10
09 - I'm No Longer Here/Ya no estoy aqui (Fernando Frias, 2019) 6.5/10
10 - The Other One/La otra (Roberto Gavaldón, 1946) 6.5/10
11 - Titixe (Tania Hernandez Velasco, 2018) 7.5/10
12 - The Chosen Ones/Las elegidas (David Pablos, 2015) 7/10
13 - Abel (Diego Luna, 2010) 5/10
14 - Somos Mari Pepa (Samuel Kishi, 2013) 6/10
15 - Nora's Will/Cinco días sin Nora (Mariana Chenillo, 2008) 6/10
16 - The Last Christeros/Los últimos cristeros (Matias Meyer, 2011) 7.5/10
17 - The 4th Company/La 4ª Compañía (Amir Galván Cervera & Mitzi Vanessa Arreola, 2016) 4.5/10
18 - La Mancha de Sangre (Adolfo Best-Maugard, 1937) 5/10
19 - Hell Without Limits/El lugar sin límites (Arturo Ripstein, 1978) 7/10
20 - We Are Always Walking/Siempre andamos caminando (Dinazar Urbina Mata, 2017) 6.5/10
21 - Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) 7/10
22 - I Dream in Another Language/Sueño en otro idioma (Ernesto Contreras, 2017) 5/10
23 - The Prize/El premio (Paula Markovitch, 2011) 5/10

[jeroeno]

44. Somos lo que hay (Jorge Michel Grau, 2010) ***

Which brings me to 84 checked on Sector Cine's Best Mexican films of all time. The last 16 seem to be unavailable with English subtitles at this time.

Spoiler

01. Pueblerina (Emilio Fernández, 1949) ***1/2
02. El camino de la vida (Alfonso Corona Blake, 1956) ****
03. Ya no estoy aqui (Fernando Frias, 2019) ***1/2
04. Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) ***1/2
05. La noche avanza (Roberto Gavaldón, 1952) ****
06. La diosa arrodillada (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947) ***1/2
07. Aventurera (Alberto Gout, 1950) ***
08. Titixe (Tania Hernandez Velasco, 2018) ***1/2
09. Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo (Yulene Olaizola, 2008) ***
10. Calabacitas tiernas (Gilberto Martínez Solares, 1949) ***
11. La Libertad del Diablo (Everardo González, 2017) ***1/2
12. El esqueleto de la señora Morales (Rogelio A. González, 1960) ****
13. La región salvaje (Amat Escalante, 2016) **** 1/2
14. Santa Teresa Y Otras Historias (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, 2015) ***
15. Distinto amanecer (Julio Bracho, 1943) ***
16. Las niñas bien (Alejandra Marquez Abella, 2018) **1/2
17. Danzón (María Novaro, 1991) ***
18. Viento negro (Servando González, 1965) ****
19. La puerta y la mujer del carnicero (Ismael Rodríguez, Luis Alcoriza, 1969) ***1/2
20. Carmín Tropical (Rigoberto Pérezcano, 2014) **1/2
21. Club sándwich (Fernando Eimbcke, 2013) ***1/2
22. Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo, 2016) ***
23. Dos tipos de cuidado (Ismael Rodríguez, 1953) ***
24. La camarista (Lila Avilés, 2018) ***1/2
25. Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1985) **
26. Los insólitos peces gato (Claudia Sainte-Luce, 2013) ***1/2
27. El Grito (Leobardo López Aretche, 1968) ***1/2
28. Cabeza de Vaca (Nicolás Echevarría, 1990) ****
29. Matinée (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1977) ***1/2
30. Cascabel (Raúl Araiza, 1977) ***1/2
31. Rosauro Castro (Roberto Gavaldón, 1950) ***1/2
32. Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor (Julián Hernández, 2003) *
33. La otra (Roberto Gavaldón, 1946) ***1/2
34. La Maldad (Joshua Gil, 2015) ***
35. En el hoyo (Juan Carlos Rulfo, 2006) ***
36. Ladrón de cadáveres (Fernando Méndez, 1957) **1/2
37. Víctimas del pecado (Emilio Fernández, 1951) ***1/2
38. Profundo carmesí (Arturo Ripstein, 1996) ***
39. Abel (Diego Luna, 2010) **
40. Un Buñuel mexican (Emilio Maillé, 1997) ***1/2
41. La mujer de mi hermano (Ricardo de Montreuil, 2005) **
42. Quebranto (Roberto Fiesco, 2013) ***
43. Vuelven (Issa López, 2017) ****
44. Somos lo que hay (Jorge Michel Grau, 2010) ***

[Coryn]

1. Cronos (1993)

[Traveller]

42. Susana (1951) - 7/10
43. Bajo la metralla (1983) - 2/10

[Mario Gaborović]

08. La llorona (1933)
09. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
10. Subida al cielo (1952)

Spoiler

01. La momia azteca contra el robot humano (1958)
02. El callejón de los milagros (1995)
03. María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)
04. Cronos (1993)
05. Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936)
06. Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1961)
07. Aventurera (1950)

[blueboybob]

50. Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles (2002)
51. Naufragio (1978)
52. Sender Unknown (1995)
53. Life Sentence (1979)
54. Nora's Will (2008)
55. From Afar (2015)
56. The Road of Life (1956)
57. Nightmare City (1980) <---- good B movie
58. Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)
59. The Passion of Berenice (1976)
60. Las elegidas (2015)
61. Bajo la metralla (1983)
62. Red Dawn (1989) <---- not a remake of the american film, though I wish it was

[flavo5000]

34. Ahí va el diablo a.k.a. Here Comes The Devil (2012)
35. Su excelencia (1967)
36. Miss Bala (2011)
37. Chosen Survivors (1974)

Spoiler

1. Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino a.k.a. Doctor of Doom (1963)
2. Santo contra los zombies a.k.a. Santo vs the Zombies (1962)
3. Las luchadoras contra la momia a.k.a. Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy (1963)
4. Cilantro y perejil (1998)
5. No se aceptan devoluciones a.k.a. Instructions Not Included (2013)
6. The Bees (1978)
7. Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)
8. Atroz (Atrocious) (2015)
9. La barraca (1945)
10. El pecado de Adán y Eva a.k.a. Sin of Adam & Eve (1969)
11. Museo del horror (1964)
12. The Black Scorpion (1957)
13. El libro de piedra a.k.a. The Book of Stone (1969)
14. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
15. Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro a.k.a. Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)
16. Dos abrazos (2007)
17. La momia azteca contra el robot humano a.k.a. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
18. Perdita Durango a.k.a. Dance of the Devil (1997)
19. Brijes 3D a.k.a. Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
20. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
21. Más negro que la noche a.k.a. Darker Than The Night (1975)
22. Ando volando bajo (1959)
23. Cyclone (1978)
24. Come Out and Play (2012)
25. Nazarín (1959)
26. Fear Chamber (1968)
27.Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs the Monsters (1962)
28. Japón (2002)
29. Herencia diabólica (1994)
30. Como agua para chocolate a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
31. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
32. Sueño en otro idioma a.k.a. I Dream In Another Language (2017)
33. Hotel Colonial (1987)
34. Ahí va el diablo a.k.a. Here Comes The Devil (2012)
35. Su excelencia (1967)
36. Miss Bala (2011)
37. Chosen Survivors (1974)

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)

22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)



As per the title, constantly blowing wind plays a large factor in mood and atmosphere, and with some spooky interiors, this mounts several eerie moments. There is also much mysteriousness regarding the headmistress declaring a tower off-limits and punishing the girls for trying to investigate it. The supernatural element ends up being a pretty standard horror cliché though and the film does not really explore its oppressive school environment.

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)
22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)

23. The Drifter in The Rain (1968)



Sneaking out of a costume party, a socialite discovers a woman passed out in the backseat of her car and a vagrant inside her home in this thriller. The film benefits from an intriguing set-up as she assumes the worst of the man and treats the woman like an old friend despite both being strangers. The film arrives at a climax that feels rather conventional but the film is quite encapsulating with the pounding rain outside only further escalating tension.

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)
22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)
23. The Drifter in The Rain (1968)

24. The Incredible Invasion (1971)



This Mexican feature was Boris Karloff's final film. The plot is convoluted and messy and does not makes a whole lot of sense, but Karloff actually does a pretty good job playing possessed (an alien has taken over his body and has to wrestle with Karloff's mind trying to break free of the possession). It is a shame that this dueling of personalities within is not given greater focus. Some of the sets are decent, but it is Karloff who makes this watchable.

[Traveller]

44. Canoa (1976) - 7/10
45. Güeros (2014) - 5/10

[frbrown]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)

22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)



As per the title, constantly blowing wind plays a large factor in mood and atmosphere, and with some spooky interiors, this mounts several eerie moments. There is also much mysteriousness regarding the headmistress declaring a tower off-limits and punishing the girls for trying to investigate it. The supernatural element ends up being a pretty standard horror cliché though and the film does not really explore its oppressive school environment.

Nice screenshot choice

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[Mario Gaborović]

11. Sólo con tu pareja (1991)
12. Gran Casino (1947)

Spoiler

01. La momia azteca contra el robot humano (1958)
02. El callejón de los milagros (1995)
03. María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)
04. Cronos (1993)
05. Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936)
06. Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1961)
07. Aventurera (1950)
08. La llorona (1933)
09. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
10. Subida al cielo (1952)

[maxwelldeux]

Build that wall! Keep Americans out!

1. El Alien y yo (2016)
2. Sofía Niño de Rivera: Expuesta (2016)

3. Midaq Alley (1995)
Solid drama about a small urban community in Mexico. I loved the way the story was told from three different perspectives, so you got to see different angles and additional information. Definitely sad, but a worthwhile film. Very nice!

[allisoncm]

1. Nuevo orden/New Order (2020) 7/10

[jdidaco]

(Screnshots from 'Camino del infierno' & 'Santo en el museo de cera'),



31. Hipócrita..! (Hypocrite, Miguel Morayta, 1949) 8/10
32. Camino del infierno (The Road to Hell, Miguel Morayta, 1951) 9/10
33. La mujer y la bestia (The Woman and the Beast, Alfonso Corona Blake, 1959) 8/10
34. Santo en el museo de cera (Santo in the Wax Museum, Alfonso Corona Blake, 1963) 7/10
35. Santo en El tesoro de Drácula (Santo and Dracula's Treasure, René Cardona, 1969) 6.5/10
36. Divinas palabras (Divine Words, Juan Ibáñez, 1978) 7.5/10

Spoiler

1. Que Dios me perdone (May God Forgive Me, Tito Davison, 1948) 8/10
2. La noche avanza (Night Falls, Roberto Gavaldón, 1952) 8/10
3. La isla de los hombres solos (Island of Lost Souls, René Cardona, 1974) 7/10
4. ¡Tintorera! (Tintorera: Killer Shark, René Cardona Jr., 1977) 6/10
5. ¿Cómo ves? (What Do You Think?, Paul Leduc, 1986) 8.5/10
6. Dollar Mambo (Paul Leduc, 1993) 8/10
7. Verano de Goliat (Summer of Goliath, Nicolás Pereda, 2010) 8/10
8. Minotauro (Minotaur, Nicolás Pereda, 2015) 7/10
9. Cuando levanta la niebla (When the Fog Lifts, Emilio Fernández, 1952) 9/10
10. Los nuestros (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1970) 7.5/10
11. Cyclone (Terror Storm, René Cardona Jr., 1978) 5.5/10
12. Tras el horizonte (Mitl Valdez, 1984) 7/10
13. Los confines (Mitl Valdez, 1987) 8/10
14. Juventud (Youth, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 2010) 7.5/10
15. Rencor tatuado (Tattoo of Revenge, Julián Hernández, 2018) 7/10
16. Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) 8.5/10
17. En este pueblo no hay ladrones (There Are No Thieves in This Village, Alberto Isaac, 1965) 8/10
18. El juez de la soga (The Hanging Judge, Alberto Mariscal, 1973) 6.5/10
19. Foxtrot/The Far Side of Paradise (Arturo Ripstein, 1976) 7.5/10
20. Los placeres ocultos (Playback, René Cardona Jr., 1989) 5.5/10
21. El chico temido de la vecindad (Enrique Gómez Vadillo, 1989) 7.5/10
22. Fogo (Yulene Olaizola, 2012) 7.5/10
23. Janitzio (Carlos Navarro, 1935) 9/10
24. El asesino X (“X” Killer, Juan Bustillo Oro, 1955) 7.5/10
25. El medallón del crimen (El 13 de oro) (The Medallion of Crime, Juan Bustillo Oro 1956) 8/10
26. Playa prohibida (Forbidden Beach, Julián Soler, 1956) 7.5/10
27. Tajimara (Juan José Gurrola, 1965) 9/10
28. Un alma pura (A Pure Soul, Juan Ibáñez, 1965) 8/10
29. Las viboras cambian de piel (Guns and Guts, René Cardona Jr., 1974) 6/10
30. Playa prohibida (Forbidden Beach, Enrique Gómez Vadillo, 1985) 6.5/10

[blocho]

8. Actas de Marusia (1975)
Based on a real massacre that happened in 1925 (though the action is curiously transposed to 1907 in the movie), Actas de Marusia depicts a strike in a small mining town in northern Chile that swiftly escalates to open rebellion. It may remind many of La Patagonia Rebelde, a nearly contemporaneous movie, made during a period of rising right-wing power in South America, about an interwar-era labor strike in a Southern Cone country that led to revolt.

Actas de Marusia suffers from a lack of focus on characters. Only Gian Maria Volonte's revolutionary is developed in any depth, and not much at that. The best labor conflict movies (I think of Matewan, The Molly Maguires, Salt of the Earth) focus on characters and the emotional, familial, economic, and political forces they struggle with. Actas de Marusia opts instead to focus on plot and action. And I have to admit that it's rousing stuff, but it could have been a lot better. What really stands out is director Miguel Littin's talent for orchestrating vast tableaux or soldiers, strikers, workers, and firing squads (never seen a movie with more firing squads) amid the hardscrabble altiplano landscape. The careful arrangement of crowd scenes amid an unforgiving environment evokes the difficulty of life in the high desert country. The miners/strikers become emblems of the land -- tough, steely, bold. Their eventual repression at the hands of the army is as pitiless as it is brutal.

[sol]

22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)



As per the title, constantly blowing wind plays a large factor in mood and atmosphere, and with some spooky interiors, this mounts several eerie moments. There is also much mysteriousness regarding the headmistress declaring a tower off-limits and punishing the girls for trying to investigate it. The supernatural element ends up being a pretty standard horror cliché though and the film does not really explore its oppressive school environment.

Nice screenshot choice

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I thought that I had seen that screenshot before somewhere - presumably in poll results at some point - but maybe it was you who ingrained that image in my subconscious for so long. Yes, it's a great image. Good film too, if not the best film that CET directed that year; Drifter in the Rain rocks.

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)
22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)
23. The Drifter in The Rain (1968)
24. The Incredible Invasion (1971)

25. Satanic Pandemonium (1975)



For a film with a title like that, this horror movie is a surprisingly slow-burn affair, only really reaching pandemonium levels in its final quarter hour. While the restraint is curious, it causes the film to drag at times. There is definitely some decent gore in the mix though, the seduction scenes are well handled and the jump cut special effects work surprisingly well to convey oddities, like a snake in her cup, which she can see but nobody else.

[peeptoad]

11. Ensayo de un crimen (1955) The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 8

películas vistas

1. Más negro que la noche (1975) Darker Than Night 7
2. Solo con tu Pareja (1991) 6
3. Dos monjes (1934) 7
4. Pafnucio santo (1977) 8+
5. Susana (1951) 7
6. El hombre sin rostro (1950) The Faceless Man 8
7. Misterios de la magia negra (1958) Mysteries of the Black Magic 6
8. Perdita Durango (1997) Dance with the Devil 5
9. El (1953) 7
10. Biutiful (2010) 7

[Mario Gaborović]

13. La ilusión viaja en tranvía (1954)
14. Él (1953)
15. Magueyes (1963) + Miró, l'altre (1969) + Mi piel, luminosa (2019)
16. Ensayo de un crimen (1955)

Spoiler

01. La momia azteca contra el robot humano (1958)
02. El callejón de los milagros (1995)
03. María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)
04. Cronos (1993)
05. Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936)
06. Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1961)
07. Aventurera (1950)
08. La llorona (1933)
09. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
10. Subida al cielo (1952)
11. Sólo con tu pareja (1991)
12. Gran Casino (1947)

[Traveller]

46. Godfather Mendoza (1934) - 6/10
47. Hell Without Limits (1978) - 4/10

[maxwelldeux]

Build that wall! Keep Americans out!

1. El Alien y yo (2016)
2. Sofía Niño de Rivera: Expuesta (2016)
3. Midaq Alley (1995)

4. Sofía Niño de Rivera: Natural Selection (2018)
Her second special is even better than the first. Quite funny and enjoyable. Not really breaking new ground, per se, but fun to see how some of the universal tropes of comedy (e.g., sex, relationships, making fun of stupid people) extend to Mexico. Also fun to see how humor works in a predominantly Catholic country.

[flavo5000]

38. El hombre que logró ser invisible a.k.a. Invisible Man in Mexico (1958)
39. Fando y Lis (1968)
40. Ladrones de tumbas a.k.a. Grave Robbers (1989)
41. La Otra (1946)

Spoiler

1. Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino a.k.a. Doctor of Doom (1963)
2. Santo contra los zombies a.k.a. Santo vs the Zombies (1962)
3. Las luchadoras contra la momia a.k.a. Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy (1963)
4. Cilantro y perejil (1998)
5. No se aceptan devoluciones a.k.a. Instructions Not Included (2013)
6. The Bees (1978)
7. Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)
8. Atroz (Atrocious) (2015)
9. La barraca (1945)
10. El pecado de Adán y Eva a.k.a. Sin of Adam & Eve (1969)
11. Museo del horror (1964)
12. The Black Scorpion (1957)
13. El libro de piedra a.k.a. The Book of Stone (1969)
14. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
15. Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro a.k.a. Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)
16. Dos abrazos (2007)
17. La momia azteca contra el robot humano a.k.a. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
18. Perdita Durango a.k.a. Dance of the Devil (1997)
19. Brijes 3D a.k.a. Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
20. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
21. Más negro que la noche a.k.a. Darker Than The Night (1975)
22. Ando volando bajo (1959)
23. Cyclone (1978)
24. Come Out and Play (2012)
25. Nazarín (1959)
26. Fear Chamber (1968)
27.Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs the Monsters (1962)
28. Japón (2002)
29. Herencia diabólica (1994)
30. Como agua para chocolate a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
31. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
32. Sueño en otro idioma a.k.a. I Dream In Another Language (2017)
33. Hotel Colonial (1987)
34. Ahí va el diablo a.k.a. Here Comes The Devil (2012)
35. Su excelencia (1967)
36. Miss Bala (2011)
37. Chosen Survivors (1974)
38. El hombre que logró ser invisible a.k.a. Invisible Man in Mexico (1958)
39. Fando y Lis (1968)
40. Ladrones de tumbas a.k.a. Grave Robbers (1989)
41. La Otra (1946)

[AB537]

3. Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000) 7.5/10

[sol]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

1. The Book of Stone (1969)
2. Chosen Survivors (1974)
3. The Devil's Rain (1975)
4. Darker Than Night (1975)
5. Come Out and Play (2012)
6. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
7. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
8. The Young One (1960)
9. Miss Bala (2011)
10. La Otra (1946)
11. The Pearl (1947)
12. The Castle of Purity (1973)
13. We Are What We Are (2010)
14. The Secret Formula (1965)
15. María Candelaria (1944)
16. The Night Falls (1952)
17. The Good Girls (2018)
18. Aunt Alejandra (1979)
19a. Birders (2019) 37mins
19b. Muñecas (2010) 25mins
20. Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
21. Guyana -- Crime of the Century (1979)
22. Even the Wind is Afraid (1968)
23. The Drifter in The Rain (1968)
24. The Incredible Invasion (1971)
25. Satanic Pandemonium (1975)

26. I'm No Longer Here (2019)



I didn't find this a very easy film to get into. It is halfway in before we discover what caused the central youth to flee from Mexico to America and the movie has a bit of a back-and-forth structure going on that prevents tension building. There is also a lot of dancing, all of which is well choreographed and looks great, but which is not compelling alone. The protagonist is intriguing with his dancing love and unique haircut at least. Sweet romance too.

[cinephage]

06. Los Bastardos, by Amat Escalante (2008) 5,5/10

07. Redes, by Fred Zinnemann & Emilio Gómez Muriel (1936) 8/10

A short story about poor fishermen trying to get a fair treatment...

Mexican tales (05)

01. El Infierno, by Luis Estrada (2010) 8/10
02. El hombre y el monstruo, by Rafael Baledón (1959) 7,5/10
03. El bruto, by Luis Bunuel (1953) 7/10
04. Así es la vida... by Arturo Ripstein (2000) 4/10
05. El espejo de la bruja, by Chano Urueta (1962) 6/10

[Traveller]

48. Letters from Marusia (1975) - 5/10

[blueboybob]

63. The Young One (1960)
64. The Zone (2007)
65. Letters from Marusia (1975)
66. The Prize (2011)
67. Santa (1932)
68. Out on the Big Ranch (1936)
69. Hidden River (1948)
70. Tizoc (Amor indio) (1957)
71. La barraca (1945)
72. La otra virginidad (1975)
73. Matando Cabos (2004)
74. El año de la peste (1979)
75. Frida Still Life (1983)

[zuma]

24 - Perpetuum Mobile (Nicolás Pereda, 2009) 7.5/10

25 - Summer of Goliath/Verano de Goliat (Nicolás Pereda, 2010) 7/10

26 - Greatest Hits/Los mejores temas (Nicolás Pereda, 2012) 6.5/10

27 - Bleak Street/La calle de la amargura (Arturo Ripstein, 2015) 7/10

The three Nicolás Pereda films were really interesting. Thanks for suggesting I watch more than one of his films, Max. They all deal with the same actors playing similar roles and dealing with the same themes. Each film resonated off each other quite well.

A lot of people were impressed with the narrative device used in Greatest Hits. While I appreciate his creativity and it is an interesting concept, it did not work for me in the film. Interestingly, while I was reading some analysis on the films I saw a quote by the director saying he feels his films should be watched together within a short time frame. Luckily that is exactly what I did.

And another good Ripstein. Bit on the low budget side, but unsettling. Kind of a mix between a neo-noir and something from Pedro Costa

Watched Mexican films

01 - The Chambermaid/La camarista (Lila Avilés, 2018) 7.5/10
02 - The Golden Dream/La jaula de oro (Diego Quemada-Diez, 2013) 7/10
03 - The Crime of Father Amaro/El crimen del Padre Amaro (Carlos Carrera, 2002) 6.5/10
04 - Leap Year/Año bisiesto (Michael Rowe, 2010) 7/10
05 - Time to Die/Tiempo de morir (Arturo Ripstein, 1966) 8/10
06 - The Castle of Purity/El castillo de la pureza (Arturo Ripstein, 1973) 7.5/10
07 - Salón México (Emilio Fernández, 1949) 6.5/10
08 - The Good Girls/Las niñas bien (Alejandra Marquez Abella, 2018) 7.5/10
09 - I'm No Longer Here/Ya no estoy aqui (Fernando Frias, 2019) 6.5/10
10 - The Other One/La otra (Roberto Gavaldón, 1946) 6.5/10
11 - Titixe (Tania Hernandez Velasco, 2018) 7.5/10
12 - The Chosen Ones/Las elegidas (David Pablos, 2015) 7/10
13 - Abel (Diego Luna, 2010) 5/10
14 - Somos Mari Pepa (Samuel Kishi, 2013) 6/10
15 - Nora's Will/Cinco días sin Nora (Mariana Chenillo, 2008) 6/10
16 - The Last Christeros/Los últimos cristeros (Matias Meyer, 2011) 7.5/10
17 - The 4th Company/La 4ª Compañía (Amir Galván Cervera & Mitzi Vanessa Arreola, 2016) 4.5/10
18 - La Mancha de Sangre (Adolfo Best-Maugard, 1937) 5/10
19 - Hell Without Limits/El lugar sin límites (Arturo Ripstein, 1978) 7/10
20 - We Are Always Walking/Siempre andamos caminando (Dinazar Urbina Mata, 2017) 6.5/10
21 - Fausto (Andrea Bussmann, 2018) 7/10
22 - I Dream in Another Language/Sueño en otro idioma (Ernesto Contreras, 2017) 5/10
23 - The Prize/El premio (Paula Markovitch, 2011) 5/10
24 - Perpetuum Mobile (Nicolás Pereda, 2009) 7.5/10
25 - Summer of Goliath/Verano de Goliat (Nicolás Pereda, 2010) 7/10
26 - Greatest Hits/Los mejores temas (Nicolás Pereda, 2012) 6.5/10
27 - Bleak Street/La calle de la amargura (Arturo Ripstein, 2015) 7/10

[Lu-Chin]

1. Susana (1951) 7/10
2. La Otra (1946) 5/10
3. Wild Flowers (2015) 7/10
4. Santa Teresa Y Otras Historias (2015) 4/10
5. El bruto (1953) 8/10
6. El Velador (2011) 4/10
7. Fogo (2012) 3/10

[AB537]

4. El crimen del padre Amaro - The Crime of Father Amaro (Carlos Carrera, 2002) 6.5/10

[flavo5000]

42. La noche de los mil gatos a.k.a. Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)
43. Stellet Licht a.k.a. Silent Light (2007)
44. The Mansion of Madness (1973)

Spoiler

1. Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino a.k.a. Doctor of Doom (1963)
2. Santo contra los zombies a.k.a. Santo vs the Zombies (1962)
3. Las luchadoras contra la momia a.k.a. Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummy (1963)
4. Cilantro y perejil (1998)
5. No se aceptan devoluciones a.k.a. Instructions Not Included (2013)
6. The Bees (1978)
7. Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)
8. Atroz (Atrocious) (2015)
9. La barraca (1945)
10. El pecado de Adán y Eva a.k.a. Sin of Adam & Eve (1969)
11. Museo del horror (1964)
12. The Black Scorpion (1957)
13. El libro de piedra a.k.a. The Book of Stone (1969)
14. Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)
15. Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro a.k.a. Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)
16. Dos abrazos (2007)
17. La momia azteca contra el robot humano a.k.a. The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
18. Perdita Durango a.k.a. Dance of the Devil (1997)
19. Brijes 3D a.k.a. Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
20. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
21. Más negro que la noche a.k.a. Darker Than The Night (1975)
22. Ando volando bajo (1959)
23. Cyclone (1978)
24. Come Out and Play (2012)
25. Nazarín (1959)
26. Fear Chamber (1968)
27.Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs the Monsters (1962)
28. Japón (2002)
29. Herencia diabólica (1994)
30. Como agua para chocolate a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
31. Satanás de todos los horrores (1974)
32. Sueño en otro idioma a.k.a. I Dream In Another Language (2017)
33. Hotel Colonial (1987)
34. Ahí va el diablo a.k.a. Here Comes The Devil (2012)
35. Su excelencia (1967)
36. Miss Bala (2011)
37. Chosen Survivors (1974)
38. El hombre que logró ser invisible a.k.a. Invisible Man in Mexico (1958)
39. Fando y Lis (1968)
40. Ladrones de tumbas a.k.a. Grave Robbers (1989)
41. La Otra (1946)
42. La noche de los mil gatos a.k.a. Night of a Thousand Cats (1972)
43. Stellet Licht a.k.a. Silent Light (2007)
44. The Mansion of Madness (1973)